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The WCPE String Quartet Live Performance
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A Drone From Belarus That Flew Into Lithuania Attracted NATO Attention
4 Four reconnaissance planes were recorded. Flyghtradar24.com recorded four NATO planes flying into Lithuania. One of them is still circling over Vilnius. The first to report this was Lrytas.lt. According to the news portal, the first...

The “Hai TV” application and website under the scrutiny of the CA. They contain pages blocked by SIS
0 The Audiovisual Council warns that the “HaiTV” application and the haitv.md website are retransmitting audiovisual media services from the Russian Federation and Belarus, which are prohibited in the Republic of Moldova. The jurisdiction of the...

The 62-year-old Deputy Director Of Minsk Lyceum Was Sent To A Colony
12 She supported the protests. Marina Petrazhitskaya worked as head teacher for educational work in Minsk gymnasium #34, which is located near Orlovskaya Street, opposite Kievsky Square. The woman graduated from the Belarusian State Pedagogical...

U.S. tennis star Coco Gauff through to fourth round of National Bank Open
MONTREAL — Top-seeded Coco Gauff of the United States has reached the fourth round of women's singles at the National Bank Open in Montreal. Gauff, the world No. 2 in women's tennis behind Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, defeated Russia's Veronika...

A Drone Flew Into Lithuania From Belarus
9 The drone was spotted near Vilnius. A drone of "unidentified type" flew into Lithuania from the territory of Belarus. This is according to text messages that residents of the country received on their cell phones on the morning of July 28. The...

Indonesian Minister Of Defense Came To Belarus
Shafri Shamsuddin "Discuss military cooperation." Indonesian Defense Minister Shafri Shamsuddin has arrived in Belarus. According to the press service of the Belarusian military department, Shamsuddin met with Chief of the General Staff, First...

Lithuania reports second drone from Belarus in a month, seen near Vilnius
Lithuanian authorities are investigating reports of an unknown drone that entered the country from Belarus on the morning of July 28, 2025. Local residents in certain areas received phone alerts warning them about the aircraft, which was referred...

Ukraine Detains Belarusian KGB Agent
14 He was spying on military echelons. The counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine foiled an attempt of the Belarusian special services to obtain intelligence on the defense of the northern border region of the country. The Security...

Lithuania Expects A Wave Of Drones From Belarus
3 In connection with Exercise West. Defense Minister Dovile Šakalene said that more drones may enter Lithuania due to the upcoming Russian-Belarusian military exercise Zapad, Delfi reported. "These 'stray' drones are becoming more and more...

The Drone That Flew From Belarus To Lithuania Is Still In The Air
24 The search for him continues. Lithuanian police are continuing their search for a drone that flew into the Baltic country Monday morning from Belarus, Delfi reported. "The location of the object is unknown. The search for the drone continues,"...

A Drone That Flew Into Lithuania From Belarus Crashed?
Photo: LRT Police have launched a search. Police are still searching for a drone that flew into Lithuania from Belarus on Monday morning. "The location of the object is unclear. The search for the drone continues," Police Department spokeswoman...

Ukraine wins 2 medals at Fencing World Championships in Tbilisi as protests erupt over Russian, Belarusian participation
Ukraine's fencing team claimed two bronze medals at the World Championships on July 27 in Tbilisi, a contest held amid protests over the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes. Sabre fencer Alina Komashchuk, 32, and epee fencer Nikita...

Lithuania detected a drone that violated its airspace from Belarus.
On July 28, Monday, Lithuanian police reported the detection of an unmanned aerial vehicle that violated the country’s airspace by entering from Belarus. This information was released by the Lithuanian broadcaster LRT. Social media users noted...

Natalya Radina: Lukashenko Has Only To Pray
3 Natalia Radina One scenario could end in disaster for the dictator. Charter97.org editor-in-chief Natalya Radina became a guest of YouTube channel of famous journalist Evgeny Kiselyov. One of the topics of conversation was the "West-2025" drills...

Drone spotted near Vilnius after crossing into Lithuania from Belarus
Local residents in Lithuania spotted an unidentified drone that entered the country’s airspace from Belarus on Monday morning, according to Lithuanian police. Citing eyewitness accounts, public broadcaster LRT reported that the drone was seen...

China builds Belarus’s future
The scope of China’s "One Belt, One Road" initiative is truly vast and multifaceted. A notable example is the recent shipment of three tons of goods (comprising 25 product types) from Belarus to China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR)...
Belarus conducts exercise of radio technical troops
MINSK, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Belarus is hosting a large-scale exercise involving its radio technical troops, with the aim of enhancing the readiness and operational capabilities of its air defense forces, the Belarusian defense ministry said Friday....

New music this week: Songs from Remember Monday, Marko Bosnjak, Ilinca and more
Summer is the quiet period for Eurovision fans as we wait for the new season to commence. Thankfully, the music will always continue and a number of Eurovision artists are still producing new songs for us to enjoy. Contrary to the commonly...

How the Yiddish ‘poet of the people’ wrote more than 500 songs yet struggled to be heard By Henry H. Sapoznik 6 min read
Though the influence of songwriter Solomon Shmulevitz was vast, his financial success was not. Courtesy of Henry H. Sapoznik By Henry H. Sapoznik August 1, 2025 This essay has been adapted from a chapter in Henry H. Sapoznik’s new book The...